Washboard.



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WASHBOARD. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1909.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

CLARENCE A. WEIRICH, OF CANTON, OHIO.

WASHBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application filed June 28, 1909. Serial No. 504,649.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. VVEL,

RICH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, in thecounty of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washboards, of which the following is a full,

' clear, and exact specification.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction and ofparts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the washboard proper.Fig. 2 1s a transverse section on line 11, F ig. l. Fig. 3 is a Viewshowing a portion of a plain sheet of metal and illustrating one of theside. cuts in the sheet. Fig. 4 is a similar view. showingithe sheetfolded or lapped at the adjacent edges of the cut.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the sheet of metal which iscut, stamped and rolled to constitute a rubbing surface and a shelf orledge, top and leg holding tubes, For the purpose of providing means forroperly stamping thevsheet to produce the ateral flange or shelf 2, thevertical edges of the sheet 1 are cut as at 3, and the sheet ofmetalcrimped, whereby the lateral flange 2 is formed. In so forming theledge 2 the portions of the sheet adjacent the cut-3 are lapped forashort distance, one upon the other as illustrated at 4, Fig. 3. Thesheet is provided with the integral tubes or cylindrical rolls or heads5, which tubes or cylindrical rolls are for the double purpose of givingrigidity to the washboard proper and at the same time providing meansfor connecting the legs 6 to the sheet constituting the washboardproper. It Will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement I amenabled to produce a washboard from a single sheet of metal having therubbmg surface and also the necessary flange or shelf.

'ever, I do not For thezpurposeof presenting a stiff or rigid rubbingsurface, the rubbing surface is formed convex as illustrated in Fig. 2.The legs 6 are inserted in the tubes or cylindrical rolls or heads 5 asillustrated in Fi 2 and held in proper relationship therewit by means ofthe nails 7 or their equivalents.

In forming a finished washboard from a plain sheet of metalsubstantially the following method' is carried outz'First, the sheet iscut and sized, second cutting slits in the edges of the sheet, thirdstamping the board, and fourth formin the tubes upon the vertical ed esupon the board. Howdesire to be confined to the exact method as justabove pointed out as it'will be understood it may be varied withoutdeparting from my invention.

It will be understood that in order to provide a finished board themetal should e galvanized after it is formed, thereby closing the slitsand producing a watertight sheet throughout its entire surface andproviding a water-tight shelf at the top of the board. n

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure' by Letters Patent, is-

A washboard formed of'a single sheet of metal having its vertical edgesslittcd, a shelf formed intermediate the top and bottom ends of thesheet of metal,:a roughened rubbin portion located below the shelf, saidru bing surface formed convex and integral cylindrical rolls or' beads-located upon vertical edges of the sheet, substantially asand for thepurpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses SYLVIA BoRoN,

F. W. Bonn.

